The other week, I (Ben), accompanied by Elder Child, were on a bit of a road trip around East Yorkshire getting railway pics. The aim was to to bag a few shots to accompany model-making articles (mainly Hornby pieces); the main bit of the day was a visit to an open garden with a full-size railway in the garden, and that'll appear in a bigger, separate post.
Between there and York was the Yorkshire Wolds Railway, a new-build preserved line near the amusingly named Wetwang. We rocked up on what was a very, very wet Sunday lunchtime, in a gap between visitors. We were made very welcome nevertheless by the vols on the site.
Normally there would be brake van rides, but due to a lack of guard, 'all' they could offer us was a cab ride in their flagship diesel locomotive.
Yes please :) Shame about the weather, but always nice to cab a loco.
It's a nice little site, with big ideas (but crucially not too big to be unachievable).
I love an industrial diesel, and there was plenty of fuel for thought here for a potential future article and model build. Maybe something in the larger scales...
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